University  Bulletin.  Series  8. 


Number  10. 


MatcH  1904. 


Agricultural  Clubs 

IN 

Rural  Schools 


Some  Suggestions  for  Organizing  Agricultural  Clubs 
in  the  Rural  Schools  for  the  Study  of  Agriculture 
under  the  direction  of  the  College 
of  Agriculture  of  the  Ohio 
State  University 
BY 

HOMER  C.  PRICE 

DEAN  Or  THE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 
OF  THE  OHIO  STATE  UNIVERSITY 


“No  richer  gift  has  autumn  poured 
From  out  her  lavish  horn.” — Whittier. 


Photograph  by  T.  K.  Lewis 


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By  Lewis 

“Come  forth  into  the  light  of  things, 

Let  nature  be  your  teacher.” — Wordsworth 


AGRICULTURAL  CLUBS  IN  RURAL  SCHOOLS 


There  has  been  a decided  movement  in  rural  schools  in  the  last 
few  years  toward  educating  children  in  the  common  things  of 
every  day  life.  This  has  resulted  in  some  states  in  adopting  nature 
study  work;  in  others,  in  the  including  of  elementary  agriculture 
among  the  studies  taught ; and  in  others,  the  pupils  have  organized, 
under  the  direction  o|  the  teacher  or  superintendent,  into  clubs  for 
the  purpose  of  learning  about  the  things  which  surround  the  child 
on  the  farm. 

The  Agricultural  Students*  Union,  which  is  composed  of  the 
graduates  and  ex-students  of  the  Ohio  State  University,  has  taken 
up  this  subject  and  last  year  the  pupils  of  Springfield  Township, 
Clarke  County,  under  the  direction  of  Superintendent  A.  B. 
Graham,  organized  a club  to  carry  out  the  work  planned  by  the 
Students*  Union.  The  results  of  this  Club  were  so  satisfactory 
that  other  schools  have  decided  to  take  up  the  work  and  the 
Students’  Union,  ^t  their  annual  meeting  in  January,  1904,  de- 
cided to  give  more  attention  and  assistance  to  this  line  of  work 
which  is  hereafter  to  be  carried  on  by  the  College  of  Agriculture, 
of  the  Ohio  State  University. 

The  object  of  the  work  is  to  teach  and  to  interest  the  children 
of  the  rural  schools  in  plant  and  aniiiial  life;  to  teach  them  to  ap- 
preciate the  beauties  and  opportunities  of  country  life.  Last  year, 
there  were  350,000  children  in  the  rural  schools  of  Ohio.  The 
education  of  the  majority  of  these  children  will  end  with  the  rural 
school  and  a very  large  part  of  them  will  remain  in  the  country  to 
make  the  agriculture  of  the  future.  They  will  have  to  deal  with 
the  farm  crops,  the. farm  animals,  the  weeds,  the  birds,  the  insects, 
every  day  of  their  lives;  and  the  object  of  the  College  of  Agricul- 
ture is  to  get  them  interested  in  these  things;  to  teach  them  about 
them.  It  is  not  proposed  to  replace  any  of  the  studies  that  are  now 
taught  but  to  form  clubs  which  will  serve  as  an  adjunct  to  and  sup- 
plement the  work  that  is  now  being  taught. 


HOW  THE  WORK  MAY  BE  TAKEN  UP 

The  first  essential  in  taking  up  the  work  is  that  the  teacher 
shall  be  in  sympathy  with  the  work  and  will  encourage  and  assist 
the  pupils  in  their  club,  and  the  success  of  the  movement  will  de- 
pend upon  the  teacher.  Pupils  are  naturally  interested  in  the 
things  with  which  they  are  constantly  associated  and  Cnly  need  the 
encouragement  of  their  teacher  to  take  up  the  work  enthusiastically. 
The  most  ideal  condition  for  the  work  is  to  be  found  in  the  central- 
ized township  schools.  Here  the  pupils  of  the  township  are 
brought  together  and  enough  of  them,  who  will  be  glad  to  take  up 
the  work,  can  easily  be  found  to  form  a club.  In  the  district 
schools  of  townships  having  a township  superintendent,  clubs  may 
be  organized  as  a township  club  with  members  from  the  different 
schools.  In  the  district  schools,  which  do  not  have  any  township 


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supervision,  and  this  class  represents  the  larger  part  of  the  rural 
schools,  clubs  may  be  organized  by  the  teachers  and  even  though 
they  only  have  four  or  five  members  the  first  year,  it  will  be  found 
that  efficient  work  can  be  done,  and  if  successful,  many  more  will 
want  to  take  it  up  another  year. 

In  order  that  the  work  may  be  taken  up  systematically  and 
that  there  may  be  some  local  organization,  the  following  constitu- 
tion is  proposed  as  a basis  for  such  an  organization.  It  will  be 
found  that  the  organization  of  a club  will  give  a distinction  to  the 
work  and  the  pupils  will  take  a pride  in  feeling  that  they  are 
members;  it  will  also  systematize  the  work  so  that  the  College  of 
Agriculture  can  more  readily  keep  in  touch  with  it.  In  case  the 
club  is  organized  simply  in  one  district,  the  name  of  the  district 
may  be  substituted  for  the  name  of  township  in  the  constitution. 
As  soon  as  a club  is  organized,  the  College  of  Agriculture  should 
be  notified  of  the  date  of  organization,  the  name  of  the  club,  the 
officers  and  the  names  of  the  charter  members. 


BOYS  IN  THEIR  EXPERIMENTAL  PLATS. 


Furnished  bj  0.  J.  Kero 


CONSTITUTION 

Section  I:  The  name  of  this  Organization  shall  be 

Township  School  Agricultural  Club  of County; 

Section  II:  The  members  of  this  Club  shall  be  pupils  of  the  country 

schools  of Township,  not  less  than  eight 

years  old; 

Section  III : The  object  of  the  Club  shall  be  to  study  farm  crops, 
farm  animals,  birds,  insects,  weeds,  and  to  make  experiments  under  the 
direction  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  of  the  Ohio  State  University,  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio ; 

Section  IV : The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  be  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent. and  Secretary,  and  they  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  their 
successors  are  elected; 


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Section  V:  The  duties  of  the  President  shall  be  to  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  Club;  the  duties  of  the  Vice-President  shall  be  to  preside 
in  the  absence  of  the  President;  the  duties  of  the  Secretary  shall  be  to 
keep  all  records  of  the  meeting  of  the  Club  and  to  make  reports  of  the 
progress  of  the  Club  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  of  the  Ohio  State 
University  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct; 

Section  VI:  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  this  Club  to 
carry  out  the  work  outlined  by  the  College  of  Agriculture  to  the  best 
or  his  or  her  ability  and  to  make  reports  to  them  as  directed,  and  the 
failure  to  do  this  will  forfeit  membership  in  this  Club; 

Section  VII : Any  club  of  ten  or  more  active  members  may  upon 
approval  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  become  a member  of  the  “Ohio 
Federation  of  Rural  School  Agricultural  Clubs”  but  not  more  than  one  club 
shall  be  entitled  to  : '•embership  from  the  same  township. 


A CLARK  COUNTY  BOY  AND  HIS  CORNFIELD. 

WORK  FOR  THE  CLUBS 

The  work  is  of  two  kinds:  First,  experiments  in  growing 
crops,  such  as  corn,  potatoes,  small  fruits,  vegetables,  or  flowers; 
second,  observation  and  collecting  work,  including  the  iden- 
tification of  common  weeds,  birds,  trees,  and  insects,  the 
making  of  school  herbariums  and  collections  of  common  weed  seeds. 
Both  lines  are  important  and  should  be  carried  on  by  a club,  but 
the  first  is  indispensable.  Each  member  must  have  a small  plot 
of  ground  at  his  home,  if  not  over  one-half  a square  rod,  to  grow 
some  crop  for  which  the  member  of  the  Club  shall  be  entirely  re- 
sponsible. 

The  College  of  Agriculture  will  this  year  offer  the  following 
lines  of  work  to  be  carried  out  under  its  direction : 


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(1)  EXPERIMENT  WITH  CORN. 

The  College  will  furnish  to  each  member  of  the  Club 
choosing  this  experiment,  enough  field  corn  of  one  of  the  best 
varieties  for  the  state  to  plant  two  shocks.  This  is  to  be  planted 
in  the  field  with  other  corn  so  as  to  test  the  variety,  with  the  variety 
being  grown  on  the  farm.  The  teacher  can  explain  to  the  pupils 
how  to  count  the  rows  and  plant  the  corn  so  that  the  shocks  when 
cut  will  stand  in  the  row  with  the  other  corn  and  by  planting  in 
this  way  it  will  not  be  mixed  with  the  other  corn  in  cutting  and  the 
use  of  markers  for  the  plot,  which  are  hard  to  keep  up  in  a corn 
field,  may  be  avoided. 

Record  blanks  for  the  members  to  make  record  of  the  date  of 
planting,  the  depth,  the  date  it  appeared  above  ground,  the  date  of 
tasselling,  yield,  and  other  data  that  will  teach  them  to  observe  will 
be  furnished  by  the  Agricultural  College,  and  these  records  must 
be  kept  and  returned  to  them  at  the  'close  of  the  season.  This  work 
is  especially  recommended  for  boys,  but  several  girls  took  it  last 
year  and  were  among  the  most  successful  with  it. 


THE  HARVESTED  CROP — A PROUD  MOMENT. 


(2)  VEGETABLE  EXPERIMENTS. 

The  College  will  furnish  to  each  member  of  a club  taking  this 
experiment  the  seed  of  six  different  kinds  of  vegetables,  as  follows : 
Beets,  radishes,  lettuce,  beans,  carrots,  and  tomatoes. 


The  lettuce  and  radishes  are  quick  maturing  crops  and  can  be 
harvested  in  time  to  be  followed  with  beans  or  tomatoes.  Where 
the  pupils  are  near  a market,  considerable  money  can  be  earned 
from  the  sale  of  the  vegetables.  Record  blanks  will  be  furnished 
with  the  seeds  for  a record  to  be  made  of  the  growth  and  yield  of 
the  vegetables  and  these  are  to  be  sent  to  the  College  as  in  the  corn 
experiment  at  the  close  of  the  season.  This  work  is  especially 
suitable  for  girls,  but  may  be  taken  by  the  boys  as  well. 

(3)  EXPERIMENT  WITH  FLOWERS. 

The  College  will  furnish  members  choosing  this  experiment 
seven  varieties  of  flower  seeds,  consisting  of  pot  marigold,  petunia, 
nasturtium,  phlox,  candy  tuft,  portulaca  and  sweet  alyssum, 
with  directions  for  planting  and  record  blanks  as  in  the  other  ex- 
periments, the  latter  to  be  sent  to  the  College  at  the  end  of  the 
season. 

Members  of  clubs  may  choose  either  the  Experiment  with  Corn 
and  the  Experiment  with  Flowers  or  the  Experiment  with  Vege- 
tables and  the  Experiment  with  Flowers,  but  will  not  be  allowed  to 
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OBSERVATION  AND  COLLECTING  WORK 

The  amount  of  this  work  taken  up  will  depend  upon  the  en- 
couragement of  the  teacher  and  the  enthusiasm  of  the  members  of 
the  Club.  The  following  are  suggested  as  suitable  for  this  purpose 
and  may  be  modified  to  suit  the  conditions  and  the  personal  tastes 
of  the  pupils. 

COLLECTING  AND  IDENTIFYING  WILD  FLOWERS. 

This  can  be  begun  as  soon  as  flowers  appear  and  continue  until 
the  last  fall  flowers  disappear.  Have  the  children  bring  in  the 
different  kinds  of  flowers  and  the  name  by  which  they  know  them ; 
if  they  do  not  know  any  name  for  them,  teach  them  the  name  by 
which  the  flowers  are  known  in  the  locality. 

In  addition  to  this,  they  may  be  taught  the  common  names 
given  in  a standard  botany  if  the  same  differs  from  the  local  name, 
but  do  not  try  to  teach  them  the  scientific  name  of  the  flower  or  to 
teach  them  systematic  botany;  teach  them  to  love  the  flower  as  a 


perfect  whole  and  not  to  dissect  and  pull  them  to  pieces  to  detei  • 
mine  their  exact  scientific  name, — this  will  come  later;  teach  them 
to  observe  the  difference  between  flowers,  the  difference  in  habit 
of  growth,  and  in  the  place  in  which  they  are  found  growing. 

To  the  thoughtful  teacher,  the  modifications  that  can  be  made 
of  this  work  to  hold  the  child’s  interest  will  be  almost  endless. 

This  work  should  not  be  confined  to  the  wild  flowers  alone,  but 
the  common  weeds  of  the  farm  should  be  included,  and  it  will  be 
surprising  to  find  how  few  of  them  are  known  by  the  average 
country  child  or  adult  either,  for  that  matter, — plants  that  they  see 
every  day  in  the  summer  are  passed  unnoticed  and  unknown. 


A WELL  PLANTED  CORNER.  Byi-eWis 

“The  sweetest  thing  that  ever  grew 
Beside  a human  door.” — Wordsworth. 

CLUB  HERBARIUMS. 

The  making  of  a club  herbarium  from  the  specimens  that  are 
brought  in  by  the  members  will  stimulate  them  to  hunt  the  rarer 
flowers.  The  dried  specimens  may  be  mounted  on  ordinary  fools- 
cap paper  very  satisfactorily,  and  the  common  name  of 
the  plant  written  in  the  lower  right-hand  corner,  together  with 
the  name  of  the  member  collecting  the  specimen  and  the  locality  in 
which  it  is  found.  The  specimens  should  show  the  entire  plant,  in- 
cluding the  roots,  stem,  leaves,  and  flowers.  Whenever  a herbarium 
is  made  by  a club,  the  Secretary  should  report  it  to  the  College, 
together  with  the  number  of  specimens,  and  any  specimens  that  the 
teacher  has  been  unable  to  identify,  may  be  sent  to  us  for  iden- 
tification. 


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IDENTIFICATION  OF  BIRDS,  TREES,  AND  INSECTS. 

If  the  children  are  taught  to  notice  the  birds,,  trees,  and  in- 
sects, which  they  see,  and  if  the  teacher  will  assist  them,  they  will 
soon  learn  to  identify  the  most  common  ones.  Some  of  the  pupils 
who  are  the  dullest  in  their  studies  will  often  prove  to  be  the  most 
apt  in  studying  nature,  and  in  this  way  the  teacher  may  find  the 
way  to  interest  them  in  their  other  studies.  For  example,  let  the 
members  of  the  Club  keep  account  for  a week  of  the  different  kinds 
of  birds  or  trees  or  insects  that  they  have  seen  and  report  at  a Club 
meeting  or  give  their  report  at  a roll  call  in  the  school,  at  the  end 
of  the  week.  The  ingenuity  of  the  teacher  will  naturally  suggest 
ways  in  which  the  Club  can  best  take  up  this  work. 

SOIL  TESTING. 

A line  of  work  which  creates  much  interest  is  the  use  of  litmus 
paper  in  testing  the  condition  of  the  different  soils  of  a community 
for  the  presence  of  acid.  Acid  or  sour  soils  are  quite  common  in 
various  parts  of  the  state  and  when  soils  are  in  such  a condition, 


AN  EXHIBIT  BY  SUPT.  GRAHAM’S  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 


clover  and  many  other  crops  fail  to  make  a proper  growth.  Lime 
is  the  remedy  in  such  cases,  and  if  it  is  needed,  this  can  be  readily 
shown  by  testing  the  soil  with  litmus  paper.  The  litmus  paper  and 
full  directions  for  its  use  will  be  furnished  to  the  clubs  on  applica- 
tion of  the  College. 

COLLECTION  OF  WEED  SEEDS. 

The  collection  and  identification  of  weed  seeds  will  be  found 
to  be  interesting  work  for  the  members  in  the  fall.  The  seeds 
should  be  gathered,  cleaned,  and  thoroughly  dried.  The  seeds  may 


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be  gathered  in  small  envelopes,  which  can  be  procured  at  a small 
cost  and  the  name  of  the  plant  from  which  they  were  taken,  the 
date,  and  the  name  of  the  collector  written  on  the  outside.  A neat 
collection  for  the  Club  can  be  made  by  putting  the  seed  in  one-half 
ounce  glass  vials  and  labelling  each  bottle.  Care  should  be  taken 
in  making  such  a collection  to  have  the  seed  as  clean  as  possible  and 
perfectly  dry  or  they  will  mould  in  the  vials  unless  this  precaution 
is  taken. 

Any  seed  that  cannot  be  identified  may  be  sent  to  the  College 
and  they  will  be  identified  and  returned  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Club.  Collections  of  weed  seeds,  like  club  herbariums,  should  be 
reported  to  the  College  of  Agriculture  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Club, 
giving  the  number  of  varieties  in  the  collection. 


AN  EXHIBIT  OF  CORN  RAISED  BY  CI,.\RK  COUNTY  BOYS  AND  GIRTS 


THE  VALUE  OF  THE  WORK. 

The  value  of  the  entire  work  lies  in  opening  the  eyes  of  the 
children  to  see  the  things  that  they  have  looked  at  from  birth  and 
yet  have  never  really  seen ; to  teach  them  to  see  the  real  beauty  of 
nature  and  country  life,  and  to  learn  in  the  words  of  Whittier  to 

“Give  fools  their  gold,  give  knaves  their  power, 

Let  fortune’s  bubble  rise  and  fall; 

Who  sows  a field  or  trains  a flower 

Or  plants  a tree,  is  more  than  all.” 

The  value  of  this  work  to  the  rural  schools  can  best  be  told  by 
those  who  have  tried  it,  and  for  the  purpose  of  determining  this 
point,  I wrote  Superintendent  A.  B.  Graham,  asking  him  of  what 


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value  he  regarded  the  work  as  an  adjunct  to  the  rural  school  work 
and  whether  from  his  experience  the  past  season  he  thought  it  might 
be  generally  adopted  to  advantage  in  the  rural  schools  of  the  state. 

His  reply  is  as  follows : 

“The  educational  value  of  nature  study  and  elementary  agri- 
culture in  rural  schools  are  many.  By  studying  nature,  the  pupil 
is  brought  into  proper  relation  to  his  natural  environment ; the  love 
for  nature  is  created  and  with  it  a great  degree  of  reverence  for  the 
Great  Creator  through  whose  creatures  his  laws  are  revealed. 

Hot  only  are  the  facts  of  science  acquired  as  a foundation  for 
the  later  study  of  the  sciences  but  the  pleasures  and  joys  derived 
from  observation  of  natural  environment  and  an  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  it  elevates  the  individual  to  a higher  ethical  plane  and 
assists  him  in  appreciating  more  fully  both  nature  and  art. 


By  Courtesy  Farm  and  Fireside 


WHAT  AGRICULTURAL  CLUB  WORK  WILL  DO. 

“Flowers  preach  to  us  if  we  will  hear." 

— Christine  Rossetti. 


As  to  the  immediate  advantages  in  the  school  room,  it  may  be 
said  that  a pupil  whose  mind  is  stocked  with  a knowledge  of  nature 
more  easily  acquires  science  text-book  material;  while  children  in 
elementary  grades  may  know  little  about  figures  of  speech,  yet  with 
some  knowledge  of  nature  they  feel  the  meaning  of  many  figures  in 


the  literary  selections  of  the  readers  and  library  books,  simply  be- 
cause some  characteristic  of  a plant  or  animal  is  made  the  basis  for 
the  figure.  Since  there  is  an  intimate  relation  between  the  will 
and  the  emotions,  and  between  nature  and  literature  and  the 
emotions,  the  problem  of  discipline  is  a much  less  difficult  one. 
The  pupil  having  a keen  power  of  observation,  spells  better, 
punctuates  more  accurately,  writes  more  carefully,  and  draws  and 
measures  more  accurately. 

Today  the  average  text-book  for  elementary  schools  is  not  a text 
of  fundamentals  but  is  a supplementary  readers  as  well.  The  re- 
sult is  a so-called  “over-crowding  of  the  curriculum,”  the  truth  of 
the  matter  is,  as  I see  it,  an  over-supply  of  supplementary  material 
in  the  class-text.  In  taking  up  this  material  at  regular  class  periods 
and  giving  it  fully  as  much  consideration  as  that  which  is  quite 
necessary,  much  valuable  class  time  is  lost.  Supplementary  mater- 
ial is  necessary  for  reading  outside  the  regular  class  period.  The 


“Ever  changing,  ever  new. 

When  will  the  landscape  tire  the  view?” 

— Dyer. 


By  Lewis 


cries  of  ‘over-crowded  curriculum7  and  ‘reading,  writing,  and  arith- 
metic,— the  core  of  the  curriculum7  have  prevented  the  introduction 
of  school  work  necessary  to  furnish  a palatable  and  digestible  flesh 
for  the  core, — the  three  R7s.  But  to  provide  for  the  three  H7s — the 
head,  the  heart,  and  the  hand — should  be  the  public’s  duty  in  estab- 
lishing, equipping,  and  maintaining  schools;  the  head  for  a wealth 
of  information  and  knowledge,  the  heart  for  moral  and  spiritual 
strength,  and  the  hand  for  manual  dexterity  and  skill. 

For  country  schools,  the  study  of  the  science  of  Agriculture  and 
the  practice  of  the  art  at  home  provide  much  for  head,  heart,  and 
hand.  Elementary  Agriculture,  as  a science,  puts  the  pupil  in  pos- 
session of  scientific  facts  pertaining  to  soil,  water,  plant  and  insect 
friends  and  foes,  cultivation,  drainage,  domestic  animals,  etc. 


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Traditional  practices  of  the  art  must  run  the  gauntlet  of  scientific 
tests.  The  early  study  of  elementary  Agriculture  fixes  the  cardinal 
facts  at  a period  of  life  when  the  mind  is  most  impressionable. 

When  scientific  facts  are  known,  the  individuals  adapt  them- 
selves more  easily  to  conditions;  the  farmer  must  learn  quickly  to 
adapt  himself  to  conditions  if  he  succeeds  in  his  business.  The  ele- 
ment of  pleasure  that  comes  from  overcoming  difficulties  and  from 
seeing  long-looked-for  results  must  be  in  the  mind  of  the  laborer; 
if  not,  that  which  is  work  becomes  drudgery.  A farmer  should 
work,  not  drudge. 

The  introduction  of  nature  study  and  elementary  Agriculture 
into  the  rural  schools  will  furnish  one  means  of  elevating  the  child 
from  a life  looked  upon  by  many  as  ignoble  to  one  that  is  really 
noble.  Yours  for  enrichment  of  rural  life,”  A.  B.  Graham. 


“The  maize  field  grew  and  ripened 
Till  it  stood  in  all  the  splendor 

Of  its  garments  green  and  yellow.” — Longfellow. 

LITERATURE 

Every  teacher  who  takes  up  this  work  should  be  familiar  with 
some  of  the  literature  on  the  subject  and  also  wherever  possible  some 
literature  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  members  of  the  clubs. 
The  following  list  of  books  is  recommended  for  this  purpose : 

FOR  CLUB  MEMBERS. 

The  list  is  given  in  the  order  in  which  they  should  be  read  and 
the  first  mentioned  are  intended  for  the  younger  members. 


Plant  Life, Bass. 

Animal  Life, Bass. 

Play  Time  & Seed  Time, . : Parker. 

On  the  Farm, Parker. 

Uncle  Robert’s  Visit, Parker. 

Short  Stories  of  Shy  Neighbors, Kelley. 

Life  on  the  Farm, Shepard. 

Agriculture  for  Beginners, Burkett. 

Principles  of  Agriculture, Bailey. 

Practical  Agriculture, James. 


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FOR  TEACHERS. 


Nature  Study  in  Elementary  Schools Wilson. 

First  Book  of  Geography Tarr  & McMurray. 

Child  • and  N ature, Frye. 

Stories  of  Insect  Life, Weed. 

Lessons  With  Plants, Bailey. 


GOVERNMENT  AND  EXPERIMENT  STATION  PUBLICATIONS. 

A large  number  of  bulletins  and  other  publications  are  being 
issued  each  year  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and  by  the  agricultural  experiment  stations  of 
the  different  states  and  especially  our  own  station  at  Wooster,  Ohio. 
The  most  of  this  literature  can  be  secured  by  simply  writing  for  it 
and  much  of  it  will  be  found  exceedingly  valuable  to  the  clubs. 
The  publications  which  are  especialy  recommended  are: 

The  Year-Book, U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Farmers5  Bulletins U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Monthly  List  of  Publications . U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Weed  Manual, Ohio  Exp.  Sta.,  Wooster,  Ohio. 

Birds  of  Wayne  County, Ohio  Exp.  Sta.,  Wooster,  Ohio. 

Bulletins  as  Published, Ohio  Exp.  Sta.,  Wooster,  Ohio. 

The  amount  of  work  that  can  be  offered  this  year  is  limited  by 
our  funds,  and  requests  will  be  honored  in  the  order  in  which  they 
are  received.  A limited  number  of  these  bulletins  may  be  furnished 
to  parties  desiring  them  for  distribution. 

Address  all  correspondence  in  regard  to  this  work  to  the  Dean 
of  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Domestic  Science,  Ohio  State 
University,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


THE  GOAL  TOWARD  WHICH  THE  CLUBS  LEAD 

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